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| /* | |
| Here are three options to display an HTML file. | |
| Put any of them on line 13 of index.js | |
| */ | |
| // option 1: if you just show some plain text to confirm things are running | |
| app.get('/', (req, res) => { | |
| res.set('Content-Type', 'text/plain').send('Type text you want to display here'); | |
| }) | |
| // option 2: if you actually want serve up a single html file (no external resources like images or CSS files) | |
| app.get('/', (req, res) => { | |
| res.sendFile('./index.html') | |
| }) | |
| // option 3: if you want to server up an entire static site (all your static things would go in a directory of your choice ("public" in this example) | |
| // then in that "public" directory you can place your index.html and any CSS or image files you want | |
| app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); |
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